On Mar 1, 4:46 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tamil Nadu gets dual-boot Win-Linux desktops
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> | The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has finalized a tender for 40,000
> | Lenovo desktops which can be installed with both Novell's Suse
> | Linux and Microsoft's Windows XP Starter Edition.
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> | [...]
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> | For instance, schools will be provided with Suse Linux desktops, while
> | government employees who still require Windows in their work will get
> | dual-boot machines, he told ZDNet Asia.
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> http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,61993231,00.htm
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> Starter edition is not really workable (artificial limit on number of
> processes). The intent is to be Microsoft-free, but achieve this goal
> gradually.
Is there a possibility that the Starter Edition image is being used as
a VM under Linux? This would be a very good fit for that, since
Linux would appear to be a low-end single processor machine.
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